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ON MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025, VOTE ‘NO’ ON THE STERLING BALLOT QUESTION 2 PROPOSITION 2 ½ PROPERTY TAX OVERRIDE AND STOP THE STERLING D.P.W.’S $33 MILLION ‘GARAGE MAHAL’ BOONDOGGLE IN ITS TRACKS

Folks, the out-of-control SPENDING JACKASSES running the Sterling D.P.W. want us Sterling property taxpayers to cough up $33 million for their proposed new luxury facility, the ‘Garage Mahal,’ and drive up our property tax rate by 11% for years to come on a borrowing-bond issue. SEE https://www.sterling-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1266/f/minutes/11-13-2024_dpw_facility_committee_minutes.pdf According to an article in the latest Sterling Meetinghouse News, “TheContinue reading “ON MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025, VOTE ‘NO’ ON THE STERLING BALLOT QUESTION 2 PROPOSITION 2 ½ PROPERTY TAX OVERRIDE AND STOP THE STERLING D.P.W.’S $33 MILLION ‘GARAGE MAHAL’ BOONDOGGLE IN ITS TRACKS”

THE STERLING D.P.W.’S FALSE ADVERTISING: THE SO-CALLED ‘SWETT HILL ROAD EROSION AND RUNOFF CONTROL’ PROPOSITION 2 ½ OVERRIDE BALLOT QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT SHOLAN PARK AND THE TOWN BEACH THROUGH WHICH FLOWS A MAPPED INTERMITTENT STREAM

Folks, if you attended the 5 May 2025 Sterling Annual Town Meeting you heard and saw false Sterling D.P.W. advertising and hyperbole about the so-called Swett Hill Road ‘Erosion and Runoff Control Project’ for which it wants $800,000 of your hard-earned money by means of a Proposition 2 ½ Property Tax Override Ballot Question onContinue reading “THE STERLING D.P.W.’S FALSE ADVERTISING: THE SO-CALLED ‘SWETT HILL ROAD EROSION AND RUNOFF CONTROL’ PROPOSITION 2 ½ OVERRIDE BALLOT QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT SHOLAN PARK AND THE TOWN BEACH THROUGH WHICH FLOWS A MAPPED INTERMITTENT STREAM”

STOP THE OUT-OF-CONTROL STERLING D.P.W.’S PROPOSITION 2 ½ PROPERTY TAX OVERRIDES—VOTE DOWN 2025 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLES 25 AND 26 AND NIP THIS CRAP IN THE BUD

Folks, there will be TWO (2) Proposition 2 ½ property tax override votes as part of the Town of Sterling’s 12 May 2025 TOWN ELECTION— —UNLESS STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING VOTERS SHOOT DOWN WARRANT ARTICLES 25 AND 26 FIRST IN ORDER TO PRESERVE SOME OF THEIR HARD-EARNED MONEY FROM STERLING D.P.W. DEPREDATIONS. Annual Town MeetingContinue reading “STOP THE OUT-OF-CONTROL STERLING D.P.W.’S PROPOSITION 2 ½ PROPERTY TAX OVERRIDES—VOTE DOWN 2025 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLES 25 AND 26 AND NIP THIS CRAP IN THE BUD”

STERLING AND PAXTON VOTERS, COMBINED, CAN VOTE TO DEFEAT THE WACHUSETT REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT’S OUTRAGEOUS, UNCONSCIONABLE 2025-2026 BUDGET. LET’S DO IT!!! COME OUT AND SUPPORT STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLE 43

Folks, under the Wachusett Regional School District Agreement if TWO (2) of the 5 member Towns vote down the WRSD’s FY 2025-2026 outrageous, unconscionable, out-of-control BUDGET, THEN the extravagant, incompetent, gutless WRSD Committee will forced to re-submit a SMALLER BUDGET for a re-vote. WE HAVE A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEAT THE WRSD FY 2025-2026 BUDGETContinue reading “STERLING AND PAXTON VOTERS, COMBINED, CAN VOTE TO DEFEAT THE WACHUSETT REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT’S OUTRAGEOUS, UNCONSCIONABLE 2025-2026 BUDGET. LET’S DO IT!!! COME OUT AND SUPPORT STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLE 43”

STOP THE STERLING PLANNING BOARD’S BRAZEN, DISHONEST, MALICIOUS, DANGEROUS POWER GRAB—VOTE DOWN 2025 STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLE 40

Under existing Sterling Zoning By-Laws governing “Site Plan Review” is this sub-section: § 301-6.4.8. Regulations. The Planning Board may adopt and from time to time amend reasonable regulations for the administration of these site plan guidelines. THAT SUB-SECTION PROVIDES THAT THE PLANNING BOARD MAY, ON ITS OWN, ADOPT REASONABLE, INTERNAL, HOUSEKEEPING REGULATIONS FOR HANDLING SITE PLANContinue reading “STOP THE STERLING PLANNING BOARD’S BRAZEN, DISHONEST, MALICIOUS, DANGEROUS POWER GRAB—VOTE DOWN 2025 STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT ARTICLE 40”

COME ON OUT TO THE 5 MAY 2025 STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND VOTE DOWN WARRANT ARTICLE 39, THE PLANNING BOARD’S DELIBERATE, PERNICIOUS, ASS-BACKWARDS POWER GRAB

The Sterling Planning Board, Chaired by self-dealing developer weasel Carl Corrinne, has put Article 39 on the 2025 Sterling Annual Town Meeting Warrant. ARTICLE 39 IS A NAKED POWER GRAB INTENDED TO REVERSE THE CURRENT PLANNING BOARD SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS SPECIAL PERMIT APPROVAL PROCESS/ORDER BY FORCING THE ZBA TO APPROVEContinue reading “COME ON OUT TO THE 5 MAY 2025 STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND VOTE DOWN WARRANT ARTICLE 39, THE PLANNING BOARD’S DELIBERATE, PERNICIOUS, ASS-BACKWARDS POWER GRAB”

COME ON OUT TO THE 5 MAY 2025 STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND VOTE DOWN WARRANT ARTICLE 36, THE THIRD ATTEMPT IN 5 YEARS TO RE-ZONE ‘PERFORMANCE ZONE 1’ TO COMMERCIAL

It is abundantly clear that the Sterling Planning Board, chaired by self-dealing developer weasel Carl Corrinne; their out-of-town, carpetbagging, utterly useless, make-work talking-sock-puppet ‘Town Planner’ Stephen Wallace; and the crony-zoning Packards, have utter contempt for Sterling Town Meeting voters because, for the third time in 5 years, following TWO (2) previous Sterling Annual Town MeetingContinue reading “COME ON OUT TO THE 5 MAY 2025 STERLING ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND VOTE DOWN WARRANT ARTICLE 36, THE THIRD ATTEMPT IN 5 YEARS TO RE-ZONE ‘PERFORMANCE ZONE 1’ TO COMMERCIAL”

STOP THE STERLING D.P.W. ‘GARAGE MAHAL’ BOONDOGGLE PROJECTED TO COST US $33 MILLION AND INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE BY 11%—VOTE DOWN WARRANT ARTICLE 25 AT THE 5 MAY 2025 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

Folks, the absolutely insane, out-of-control JACKASSES running the Sterling D.P.W. want us Sterling property taxpayers to cough up $33 million for their proposed new facility, the ‘Garage Mahal,’ and drive up our property tax rate by 11% for years to come. SEE https://www.sterling-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1266/f/minutes/11-13-2024_dpw_facility_committee_minutes.pdf According to an article in the latest Sterling Meetinghouse News, “The newContinue reading “STOP THE STERLING D.P.W. ‘GARAGE MAHAL’ BOONDOGGLE PROJECTED TO COST US $33 MILLION AND INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE BY 11%—VOTE DOWN WARRANT ARTICLE 25 AT THE 5 MAY 2025 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING”

ELECT JOE KING TO THE STERLING SELECT BOARD ON 12 MAY 2025

Joseph P. King Jr. for Sterling Select Board Vote May 12, 2025, Noon to 7PM at Houghton Elementary School Committed to Responsible Leadership & Sustainable Growth ✅ A Proven Leader Who Listens and Acts 38-year Sterling resident, proud father and grandfather. Chair of Sterling Finance Committee; member of Capital Budget Committee. 53+ years of engineeringContinue reading “ELECT JOE KING TO THE STERLING SELECT BOARD ON 12 MAY 2025”

WE NEED TO START A REVOLUTION IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT!

FOLKS, READ THIS COMPELLING ARTICLE BY MASSACHUSETTS-BASED BRIAN CAMENKER, FOUNDER OF MassResistance— We need to start a revolution in every school district! Our schools have hit rock-bottom, and the children are the victims. It must be completely changed. This situation must be completely reversed. By Brian Camenker April 14, 2025 Public school enrollment across the countryContinue reading “WE NEED TO START A REVOLUTION IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT!”